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Illinois federal court issues preliminary injunction prohibiting use of misappropriated trade secrets but rejects request for expanded injunction based on alleged “inevitable disclosure”
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- USA
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- April 28 2013
A recent Illinois trade secrets and non-compete decision involving a 3D printing salesman serves as a reminder that some Illinois courts will
Preliminary injunction issued by Nebraska federal district court to level the playing field in trade secrets dispute
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- USA
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- March 13 2013
A federal district court in Nebraska recently issued a significant preliminary injunction preventing trade secret misappropriation and unlawful
Connecticut court has jurisdiction over Canadian defendant charged with misappropriation of Canadian company’s trade secret emails
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- USA
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- January 10 2013
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Connecticut federal court's order dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction a Connecticut
Court of Federal Claims details how to compute damages for misappropriation of an asset that has no readily ascertainable market value
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- USA
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- March 8 2011
A few years after ruling that the Air Force violated the confidentiality clauses of contracts with a government contractor by disclosing its proprietary information relating to the manufacturing process for a conveyor used in assembling smart bombs weighing more than a ton each, the Court of Federal Claims recently determined the contractor’s damages
Michigan court orders corporation to reveal facts regarding potential misappropriation
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- USA
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- April 1 2011
Entities do not have the right to claim a privilege against self-incrimination
Alabama federal court issues decision regarding measuring the “amount in controversy” when the plaintiff’s state court trade secret misappropriation complaint is silent as to the amount of damages and the defendant removes the case to federal court
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- USA
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- August 23 2012
A recent Alabama federal court decision discusses how to determine the “amount in controversy” when a state court trade secret misappropriation case is removed to federal court based on diversity of citizenship, but the complaint is silent as to the amount of damages demanded
Considerations in determining whether to grant to a prevailing trade secret misappropriation plaintiff a permanent injunction in addition to substantial damages
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- USA
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- August 7 2012
When a plaintiff alleging trade secret misappropriation obtains a judgment for substantial damages, the award may serve solely to compensate for past wrongs, or it may redress both past and future injuries
California federal court holds that trade secret misappropriation defendant need not respond to plaintiff's discovery requests until provided with identification of information claimed to have been stolen
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- USA
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- January 12 2012
The trend of some recent judicial decisions seems to reflect an increasing concern by courts that, notwithstanding trade secret misappropriation plaintiffs’ understandable reluctance to disclose proprietary information in more detail than absolutely necessary, they must describe with considerable specificity whatever is alleged to have been purloined
Filing a patent application covering a misappropriated trade secret held to constitute a "use" which justifies $600,000 in compensatory damages
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- USA
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- February 6 2012
Quoting Section 40, comment c, of the Restatement (Third) of Unfair Competition, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held recently that “Any exploitation of the trade secret that is likely to result in injury to the trade secret owner or enrichment to the defendant” constitutes a “use” giving rise to liability for misappropriation
If confidential information constituted a trade secret on the date it was misappropriated, the misappropriation is actionable
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- October 4 2012
A district court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin recently held that even though misappropriated information no longer was a trade secret on the date the wrongdoer was sued, a misappropriation lawsuit may be maintained if the information qualified as a trade secret on the date of the wrongdoing
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Designs and trade secrets
- Workarea - Litigation
- Author - Paul Freehling
- Firm Name - Seyfarth Shaw LLP